Definitions for dubbins

dubbins dub·bin

Spelling: [duhb-in]
IPA: /ˈdʌb ɪn/

Dubbins is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in dubbins (bbdinsu).

Definitions for dubbins

noun

  1. a mixture of tallow and oil used in dressing leather.

Origin of dubbins

1815-25; variant of gerund of dub1 (in the sense “rubbing or smoothing leather or wood”)

Examples for dubbins

I love the smell of the leather and the sight of all those sharp little knives, and the black, shiny 'dubbin,' do you call it?

We also fry our meat in cocoa-nut oil, in dubbin, and in salad oil—if we can "find" any.

The dubbin is brushed thickly on to the flesh side of the sammed leather, which is then hung up to dry.

We are almost out of dubbin, which is in great demand for light.

The old process of hand stuffing employs a mixture of tallow and cod oil called "dubbin."

That was probably due to a button that I had sewn on to the neck of my pyjama jacket by the uncertain light of dubbin oil!

I've seen that dubbin boiling on the beach; there's tallow in it, and tar and resin as well.

“Had it along with the dubbin just before breakfast,” said Isaac.

After slicking well out they are hand-stuffed on the grain with dubbin and water, or merely oiled, and hung up to samm.

I only 'ad a little wound in me 'and, an' I used ter plug it wi' dubbin' an' boot-polish ter keep it raw.

Word Value for dubbins
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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